yelmo

/[ˈʝelmo]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#45,085

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

yelmo is aSpanishnoun. It means: En las armaduras antiguas, pieza que protegía el rostro y la cabeza. Solía llevar una visera movible Pronounced [ˈʝelmo]. Often confused with yeso and yema.

Key facts for yelmo
PropertyValue
Headwordyelmo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʝelmo]
Letters5
Frequency rank#45,085
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of yelmo in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for yelmo is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʝelmo]. Corpus data places it at rank #45,085 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for yelmo, with forms such as "eylmo", "yellmo", and "yelmmo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "yeso", "yema", "yendo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is yelmo, spelled Y-E-L-M-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    En las armaduras antiguas, pieza que protegía el rostro y la cabeza. Solía llevar una visera movible
  2. 2
    Figura de un yelmo₁

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eylmo,yellmo,yelmmo,yelom,yemlo,ylemo,yyelmo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for yelmo

Misspelling Variants of "yelmo"

eylmo5yellmo6yelmmo6yelom5yemlo5ylemo5yyelmo6
Misspelling Variants of "yelmo"

Frequency rank: #45,085 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "yelmo"?
"yelmo" is spelled Y-E-L-M-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʝelmo].
What does "yelmo" mean?
As a noun, "yelmo" means: En las armaduras antiguas, pieza que protegía el rostro y la cabeza. Solía llevar una visera movible
What words are commonly confused with "yelmo"?
"yelmo" is commonly confused with "yeso", "yema", "yendo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "yelmo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "yelmo" is [ˈʝelmo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "yelmo" come from?
"yelmo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter Y in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.